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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Orbital period : 6.42 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Sep 25 09h01 UT by Thierry Noel


(Copyright Thierry Noel)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)12.4
Aperture radius used for m10.52 '
Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.4
Aperture radius used for m25.2 "
Tail position angle (PA)310 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.349 AU
d (dist/Earth) 1.793 AU
Right ascension09 09 33.83 h m s
Declination+20 36 13.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, T. Noel
MEA T. Noel
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.09.25 11:51:34
AC2 thierrynoel38@free.fr
NET UCAC-4
0067P         C2015 09 25.37581 09 09 33.83 +20 36 13.9          14.4 N      W96
0067P         C2015 09 25.38409 09 09 35.35 +20 36 09.3          14.4 N      W96
0067P         C2015 09 25.38849 09 09 36.23 +20 36 06.7          14.4 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning3x3
MountParamount
Exposure details10x1mn
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile (http://www.spaceobs.com/fr/)
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.04 "/pix
Image processingAstrometrica (-dark, /flat, add), Iris (gradient, levels, ddp, crop)
Remarks or commentsTracking rates set on comet orbital elements.
Observation submission date2015 Sep 25 12h21m58s
Observation modification date2015 Oct 09 23h47m40s

(Record n° 14503)

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